South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 22781 William DAY - 2nd/5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action on Thursday September 6th 1917 aged


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Tyne Cot Memorial
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After 1 Oct 1916 in France ~ Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial
    Warwick St. Nicholas
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted  
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)  After 7 Sep 1916 in Kenilworth  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Other War Memorials
SE of St. Julien ~ ~
     

Circumstances of Death

William is listed as being killed in action on 6 Sep 1917, the 2nd/5th Battalion war diary entries for 5th and 6th Sep 1917 and a precis of the Operational Order (Appendix 2) for those days are transcribed below.

 

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1894 at Stow on the Wold  
   
Parents Names Abode
William and Jane Day 3 Friars Street, Warwick                      
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1894 1911 - General Farm Labourer
1901 - Back Walls, Stow  
1911 - Shottery, in Stratford-upon-Avon  
1914 - 3 Friars Street, Warwick (pension card)  
1918 - 35 Clemens Street, Leamington (mother)  
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